Microsoft is making available today, October 11, a preview version of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) for Windows 11 in the Microsoft Store. This isn't a new version of WSL; Microsoft is just ...

The only thing I find surprising about this is that it took so long. WSL will never be popular with the hoi polloi, but sysadmins and developers love being able to run Linux on their office Windows ...

Microsoft says that recent Windows 11 security updates are causing VPN networking failures for enterprise users running ...

Canonical announce Ubuntu Pro for WSL, bringing extended security coverage to users running Linux on Windows. As on desktop, it's free for personal use.

Canonical offers Ubuntu Pro for the Windows Subsystem for Linux. The enterprise version includes 15 years of updates and ...

Last week, Microsoft and Canonical (the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution) were scheduled to host a developer conference focused on the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) at Microsoft’s ...

Here’s what WSL is all about: getting the tools you need to do cross-platform development and management on your PC Yesterday, I sat in a coffeeshop and installed two Linux distributions on my Windows ...

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Follow these suggestions if you can’t boot into Linux (WSL) after installing Windows OS on your computer: Check if WSL is still installed Check if your Linux data still exists Repair or reinstall your ...

The 0x80072eff WSL error may happen when you try to open the Windows System for Linux or run “wsl.exe” or “wsl” in the Command Prompt. In this post, we will ...